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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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History professor George and his boozy wife, Martha, return late one Saturday night from a cocktail party at the home of the college president, Martha's father. With the help of alcohol, they use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
History professor George and his boozy wife, Martha, return late one Saturday night from a cocktail party at the home of the college president, Martha's father. With the help of alcohol, they use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
Actors:
Richard Burton,
Elizabeth Taylor,
George Segal,
Sandy Dennis
Richard Burton
10 November 1925, Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Elizabeth Taylor
27 February 1932, Hampstead, London, England, UK
George Segal
13 February 1934, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA
Sandy Dennis
27 April 1937, Hastings, Nebraska, USA
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Elizabeth Taylor #George Segal #Mike Nichols #Richard Burton #Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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May 14, 2016
It's one of the Academy's black marks that Burton didn't win the Best Actor Oscar for his remarkable, career-capping performance.
March 10, 2015
Nichols has actually committed all the classic errors of the sophisticated stage director let loose on the unsophisticated movies. For starters, he has underestimated the power of the spoken word in his search for visual pyrotechnics.
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May 21, 2003
One of the most scathingly honest American films ever made.
February 22, 2016
Taylor has the capacity to be dowdy yet glamorous, crude yet sensual at the same time. This is a career best performance for her.
November 01, 2016
'60s drama about dysfunctional marriage has drinking, sex.
March 10, 2015
[Taylor] is nothing less than brilliant as the shrewish, slovenly. blasphemous, frustrated, slightly wacky, alcoholic wife of a meek, unambitious assistant professor of history at a university, over which her father reigns as president.
November 20, 2014
The greatest credit for the implacable engagement that the film creates for its audience must go to the director, Mike Nichols. Nichols makes a stunning film bow with Virginia Woolf.
September 19, 2016
I could watch Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton do this for hours.
February 11, 2006
Edward Albee's vitriolic stage portrayal of domestic blisslessness translated grainily and effectively to the screen.
March 10, 2015
Should your front room be in need of redecoration, then Elizabeth Taylor's performance here is guaranteed to strip the paint off the walls with just one verbal volley.
June 28, 2007
When Nichols finally settles down, it's almost too late.
